Serbia, Croatia Olympic committees join calls for delaying Games

Sunday, 22 March 2020The International Olympic Committee faced mounting opposition on Sunday to the current schedule for the Tokyo 2020 OlympicGames with growing calls for their delay from athletes, teams and federations because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tokyo Olympics Postponed to 2021 Due to Coronavirus Pandemic Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, met to discuss how to handle the uncertainty surrounding the games. Both officials reportedly agreed that canceling the games was not an...